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Uri Levine
Technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of Waze. He fosters entrepreneurship by solving major everyday problems through the creation of disruptive apps and by sharing lessons learned with startups around the world.
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Who is Uri Levine?
Uri Levine is a successful Israeli tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and serial entrepreneur, world-renowned for co-founding Waze, the community-driven navigation and traffic app that revolutionized urban mobility worldwide and was acquired by Google in 2013. His work philosophy centers on the concept of “falling in love with the problem, not the solution,” which he sees as the cornerstone for creating disruptive startups.
He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Tel Aviv University. After serving in the prestigious Unit 8200, the Israeli Defense Forces' technological intelligence unit, he developed a deep understanding of real-time data processing, geolocation algorithms, and the development of scalable software systems.
Throughout his prolific entrepreneurial career, he has co-founded, funded, and chaired numerous technology companies with significant global impact, including Moovit (the public transportation app acquired by Intel), FeeX, FairFly, and Pontera. His methodical approach focuses on identifying widespread inefficiencies in consumer markets and resolving them through the use of collaborative technology and process simplification.
He is the author of the acclaimed business book *Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution*, in which he offers a practical, step-by-step guide for entrepreneurs on how to build, scale, and sell successful global startups. As an international speaker, he inspires thousands of innovators by sharing his insights on failure, execution, and user focus. His legacy is having radically transformed the mobility industry and the global culture of tech entrepreneurship.
